Not often I'm beaten by a book, but I'm giving up on this one. Just can't get into it or muster any interest in the characters. Life is too short to read uninteresting books.
Rameau’s note: At the time of reading this book, in 2012, I didn’t know about the paedophile scandal in the author’s family. I think I found out that her husband had abused small boys and that Zimmer Bradley had protected him right after reading The Mists of Avalon, but I’m not sure. My review, howe...
First off, I did enjoy reading The Mists of Avalon immensely. However, there were some issues that could not allow me to give this fantasy novel above three stars. Let's begin with a few aspects of the story that I really enjoyed. 1) The plot of TMOA is fantastic. The idea of taking the well known A...
This review is also available on my blog, Stumptown Books.Even though this is a veritable tome, weighing in at almost 900 pages (and my Kindle estimated 1200 for some reason...I had balls of steel the day I decided to read this), I was tired of starting fantasy series and getting so behind in my rea...
Synopsis:The magical legend of King Arthur is vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. I could have written much more but there is really no point of it. I bet you have heard about King Arthur, his unfaithful but beautiful wife, Gwenhyfar, h...
I like it that the author did not offer simple moral judgments or painted one side as saints & the other as evil. Instead, she wrote complicated characters and lots of conflicts inside different fractions as well as between what people preach, what people believe and what people do, and raised more ...
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